Yearly Archives: 2024

Episode 852: What Is P.T. Barnum’s Dream? It’s Just Dreams!

On the Overthinking It Podcast, we talk about gimmicks and hoodwinks in the classic movie musical The Greatest Showman.

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Episode 851: The Parent Trapper

On the Overthinking It Podcast, we celebrate the culmination of Spooky Season with M. Night Shyamalan’s latest thriller, “Trap.”

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Episode 850: We Don’t Respect The Munsters, and We Don’t Respect the Monkees

On the Overthinking It Podcast, three dads get an itty-bit spooky, with a deep dive on the culture and meaning of children’s Halloween costumes.

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Episode 849: Let’s De-Wonderwall This

On the Overthinking It Podcast, we use the Oasis reunion tour as a jumping off point to do a close reading of “Wonderwall” and what it means for a song to be considered “overplayed.”

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Episode 848: She Was Always What Was Going On

On the Overthinking It Podcast, we celebrate the career of the late great Maggie Smith.

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Episode 847: If You’re Into 60 Year Old Dudes, This Show Is the Best

On the Overthinking It Podcast, we tackle the first ever Golden Bachelorette but not literally because we would probably break her hip or something.

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Episode 846: My Neighbor Kokoro

On the Overthinking It Podcast, we tackle the Netflix series “Terminator Zero” and ask ourselves, is humanity worth saving if it keeps telling convoluted time travel stories?

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Episode 845: My House Is Haunted; This Is a Great Business Opportunity

On the Overthinking It Podcast, we revisit Beetlejuice (the original) and consider the nature of death, the nature of life, and the surprisingly blurry line between them.

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